Letter to the editor: Public ignores reasons for camera opposition

Red light camera at 9th & Grand (Southbound)

Those who postulate that the only people opposing traffic cameras are scofflaws simply trying to avoid "getting caught" have chosen to ignore the skeptic's reasons for concern.

Wild differences in monetary fines, enforcement inequities, punishment doled out to registered owners who may not even be involved in a violation and a disregard for sound and longstanding law enforcement practices are among many reasons that citizens do not agree with this type of automated policing. The Iowa Department of Transportation and the Legislature are on the right track in beginning to bring needed structure to camera systems and fines that are currently out of control.

By the way, I haven't had a moving violation since 1982 and have never received a traffic camera ticket. In 2011, I retired as chief of the Altoona Police Department.

- John L. Gray, Altoona

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Letter to the editor: Public ignores reasons for camera opposition

Those who postulate that the only people opposing traffic cameras are scofflaws simply trying to avoid 'getting caught' have chosen to ignore the skeptic's reasons for concern.